书名：The Inquisitor\'s Tale 检察官/审判者的故事 
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数620L
作者：Adam Gidwitz
出版社名称：Puffin Books
出版时间：2018
语种：英文 
ISBN：9780142427378
商品尺寸：15.2 x 2.5 x 22.9 cm
包装：平装
页数：400

★纽伯瑞银奖作品，纽约时报畅销书；
★《人物》杂志“孩子选择的童书”；
★《华盛顿邮报》、《华尔街日报》评选童书。

本书The Inquisitor\'s Tale《检察官/审判者的故事》用梦幻的故事情节，带领孩子征服中世纪的世界，集合了幽默、历史、动作、冒险等等元素。三位主人公有各自不同的信仰，也因此遭受迫害，但是他们联合起来对抗不公拯救自我；并通过孩子的角度，展现了宽容和仁慈。

A 2017 Newbery Honor Book
Winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award
An exciting and hilarious medieval adventure from the bestselling author of A Tale Dark and Grimm. Beautifully illustrated throughout!

The Inquisitor\'s Tale is one of the most celebrated children\'s books of the year!★New York Times Bestseller★A New York Times Editor\'s Choice★A New York Times Notable Children\'s Book★A People Magazine Kid Pick★A Washington Post Best Children\'s Book★A Wall Street Journal Best Children\'s Book★An Entertainment Weekly Best Middle Grade Book★A Booklist Best Book★A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book★A Kirkus Reviews Best Book★A Publishers Weekly Best Book★A School Library Journal Best Book★An ALA Notable Children\'s Book

Beloved bestselling author Adam Gidwitz makes his long awaited return with his first new world since his hilarious and critically acclaimed Grimm series. Featuring manuscript illuminations throughout by illustrator Hatem Aly and filled with Adam\'s trademark style and humor, The Inquisitor\'s Tale is bold storytelling that\'s richly researched and adventure-packed.

Review
"Gidwitz continues to toy with narrative in a well-researched and rambunctiously entertaining story that has as much to say about the present as it does the past...The tale that comes into focus is one of religious persecution and faith, friendships that transcend difference, and a dangerously flatulent dragon--Gidwitz continues to have no problem mixing high and low."--Publishers Weekly

"It is a time of miracles and saints, of fiends and dragons, all of which Gidwitz has meticulously teased from legends and histories of the Middle Ages...Gidwitz proves himself a nimble storyteller as he weaves history, excitement, and multiple narrative threads into a taut, inspired adventure." --Booklist, starred review

"This \'Canterbury Tale\'-style masterpiece is serious, scatological, violent, funny, philosophical and timely."--San Francisco Chronicle, gift guide

"The children are like none we\'ve met before: so dignified, so self-sufficient, so, well, medieval. And yet, they are funny, intensely real and believably brave...Gidwitz and illustrator Hatem Aly breathe life into a tale that you won\'t soon forget."--Chicago Tribune

"Gidwitz paints a vivid image of medieval France, and his mix of heart and humor makes this book an utterly magical read. Who else could weave a tale of acceptance, love and hope, complete with farting dragons?"--San Diego Union Tribune

"Brimming with action, history, humor and much more, Gidwitz has crafted a masterfully seamless novel that is thought-provokingly relevant, making this selection nothing short of brilliant."--Books to Borrow, Books to Buy

"Whimsical and winding...One of the most interesting parts of this story is the message it teaches: A story is established that brings together three characters from very different backgrounds. At first there is conflict between them, but the characters learn to work together. With the conflict in the current political atmosphere, perhaps this is something even adults could stand to learn."--Denver Post

一个黑暗的夜晚，来自法国的旅客走进路旁的一家旅店，开始讲述三个孩子的故事。这些冒险故事带着读者领略法国风光：他们被骑士俘虏，坐在一个国王旁边，从放屁龙的手里拯救国家……

On a dark night, travelers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children. Their adventures take them on a chase through France: they are taken captive by knights, sit alongside a king, and save the land from a farting dragon. On the run to escape prejudice and persecution and save precious and holy texts from being burned, their quest drives them forward to a final showdown at Mont Saint-Michel, where all will come to question if these children can perform the miracles of saints.
Join William, an oblate on a mission from his monastery; Jacob, a Jewish boy who has fled his burning village; and Jeanne, a peasant girl who hides her prophetic visions. They are accompanied by Jeanne\'s loyal greyhound, Gwenforte… recently brought back from the dead. Told in multiple voices, in a style reminiscent of The Canterbury Tales, our narrator collects their stories and the saga of these three unlikely allies begins to come together.

Adam Gidwitz taught in Brooklyn for eight years. Now, he writes full time—which means he writes a couple of hours a day, and lies on his couch staring at the ceiling the rest of the time. As is the case with all of his books, everything in them not only happened in the real fairy tales...it all also happened to him. Really. Learn more at www.adamgidwitz.com, on Facebook, and follow him on Twitter: @AdamGidwitz

Jeanne’s story starts when she was a baby.
Her mother and father were regular peasants. Spent all day in the fields, just like most of the folks in our town. But there was one thing that made them special. They had this dog. A beautiful dog. A white greyhound, with a copper blaze down its nose. They called her Gwenforte—which is a ridiculous name for a dog, if you ask me. But they never did ask me, so that’s what they called her.
They loved Gwenforte. And they trusted her.
And so one day they went off to the fields to work, and they left baby Jeanne with Gwenforte.
“What?” I interrupt. “They used a dog as a babysitter?”
“Well… Yes. I suppose they did.”
“Is that normal? For peasants? To use dogs as babysitters?”
“No. I suppose it ain’t. But she was a real good dog.”
“Oh. That explains it.”
You gotta understand: Gwenforte loved that little girl so much, and was so protective of her, that nobody worried about it.
But maybe we should have.
For as Jeanne’s folks were out in the fields, working in the hot sun, a snake slithered into their house. It was an adder, with beady eyes and black triangles down its back. The day was hot, as I said, but the house was cool and dark because the walls in our houses are thick, made of mud and straw, and the only window is the round hole in the roof, where the smoke from the cooking fire escapes.
The adder, poisonous and silent as the Devil himself, slithered in through the space between the thin wooden door and the mud floor.
The baby girl lay asleep in her bed of straw. Gwenforte, the greyhound, was curled up around her.
But when the snake came in, Gwenforte sat up.
She growled.
She leapt onto the mud floor, right in front of the snake.
The adder stopped. Its forked tongue tested the air.